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ticipate in a Q&A with cast and crew. The film follows a young man as he pursues a romantic Debra Markowitz is one of Long Island’s filmmaking fig- relationship with his mature ureheads, platforming indepen- neighbor, and all the ensuing dent creators while making drama and comedy that comes from it. movies herself. “This is a really fun, sexy, Markowitz, of Merrick, has light movie,” Marbeen the president of the Long Island Film kowitz said. “Things and TV Foundation have just been so for over 20 years dark, and I just felt while working as an like I wanted to do inde pendent filmsomething that maker with over 50 would make me independent films. happy.” Next week, a new The film was origproject will be added inally a much smallto the list. er short film which DEBRA Markowitz’s crebe g an production MARkowITz ativity is not bound early last year, but Filmmaker to any one creative the chemistry of the role. She has acted in cast and crew and directed films inspired Markowitz and even written a few novellas. to take it further. “ First and foremost, I’m a “We shot it in one day, and writer and a storyteller.” she once we finished filming, I said, said. “If you can touch people, you know what, I really want to you can make them laugh, or know what happens to these you can make them cry, then characters,” she recalled. you’ve done your job.” The rest of the screenplay “Wait List: A Love-ish Story” came together in five days. Folwill make its first public lowing the casting of Markowappearance on Nov. 18 at the itz’s colleagues for new roles, Bellmore Movies and T he the operation expanded to film Showplace at 7 p.m., allowing across Nassau and Suf folk audience members to be among County over the course of five the first to see the film and par-
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Leslie Corwin, from left, Susan Hayes, Heather Maselli Castellano, Laura House Stein, and Ingrid Lea Bloomfield at the Mepham Who’s Who awards ceremony on Oct. 26. Hayes, Castellano, House Stein and Bloomfield were recognized with the Meritorious Service Award.
Mepham honors distinguished alumni School brings back ‘Who’s Who’ awards after pause By ISABEllA PlANTE Intern
For the first time since the pandemic, W.C. Mepham High School hosted its Who’s Who awards ceremony, celebrating honorees from the classes of 2020, 2022 and 2025, along with this year’s Meritorious Service Award recipients. The Who’s Who awards, established by the Mepham Alumni Board, recognizes individuals who have made a lasting impact in their professional and personal lives, but also within the greater community. Chairman Brian Levy noted that each honoree has “left Mepham better than they found it.” Created in 1964 by the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District and reinstated in 1987, the Who’s Who Hall of Fame honors graduates who have made significant contributions to their communities and professions. As one of the oldest high schools in New York, Mepham recognizes alumni who exemplify excellence, leadership, and service.
This year’s Who’s Who honorees were Ing rid Lea Bloomfield, Class of 1984, Michael P. Frassetti, Class of 1966, Vincent R. “Bob” Ferrigno, Class of 1954, David Dachinger, Class of 1973, and Leslie Corwin, Class of 1965. The event, held at Hofstra University on Oct. 26, was coordinated by Kevin Gallagher, president of the Mepham Alumni Association; Levy; Susan Hayes, Meritorious Service Award honoree and luncheon coordinator; and Mepham High School Principal Anthony DeMartinis.
Ingrid Lea Bloomfield: Class of 1984
Introduced by Levy, Bloomfield was honored for more than 30 years of nursing. She earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing in 1989, noting, “Hard work has never been a stranger to me.” She continued her education at Stony Brook University, earning a post-master’s certificate as a nurse practitioner in 1994 and, most recently, a Doctor of Nursing COntInued On pAge 20
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